Ashton Baldwin "Ash" Carter (born September 24, 1954) is the 25th & current United States Secretary of Defense under President Obama & seems to do a lot better job Then Donald Rumsfeld. Carter is singnaling US plans to Deploy More Troops to Iraq which may be needed to combat ISIS. Carter is offering responsible Hackers the chance to hack The Pentagon. Note: The offer is to white hat hackers who have been vetted. Unvetted hackers face the same risk of punishment if they are caught as they do at other times.